‘Entitled’: Video of woman dancing at concert sparks fiery debate
Footage of a woman dancing at a Melbourne concert has sparked a huge debate, with Aussies completely split about who is in the wrong.
A country music fan’s behaviour at a recent show in Melbourne - which led to her being pelted with rubbish - has sparked a fiery debate about concert etiquette.
The disagreement occurred during a recent performance by US singer and rapper, Jelly Roll, at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.
A video, shared by TikTok user Dylan Jones, shows a woman standing and dancing in the seating area of the section, before a man sitting two rows back appears to crush a drink can and throw it at her.
The woman then turns around, and a group of concertgoers below start yelling at her and indicating for her to sit down.
One of the women hits out at her with what appears to be an umbrella as the argument continues, with the woman eventually turning back around and continuing to dance with her hands in the air.
In the caption of the video, the poster wrote, “Sit down, if you wanna (sic) stand up and dance, get floor tickets”.
The poster explained the situation further in the comment section, saying he didn’t condone the behaviour of people throwing items at the woman.
He claimed she was “asked nicely by multiple” people prior to the video to sit down because “the people behind her paid good money for tickets and then she’s blocking their view”.
“Sure, stand up for certain parts and dance, but if you’re blocking someone’s view and they ask you to sit down so they can see it’s plain rude not to,” he said.
Other people who claimed to have seen the dispute play out also chimed in on the conversation.
One person who claimed to be seated in the middle of the action claimed the woman who was dancing was not in her allocated seat, having moved to the area after some concertgoers were kicked out.
“The security guards were actually telling people in the seating area that there was no dancing. Everyone in these sections was seated,” they claimed.
However, another person who claimed to be sitting next to the woman said they were all having fun singing and dancing, noting they paid $450 for their ticket.
“Not our problem, you don’t have the guts to sing and dance. We copped alcohol and every word under the arena,” they said.
The comment section of the video appeared to be split about who was in the wrong in this situation.
While it was clear the majority of people agreed that throwing items at the woman was completely unacceptable, the etiquette of standing in a seated area was up for debate.
Multiple people claimed it was “entitled”, “rude”, and “so selfish” to block people’s views by standing, saying those who want to dance should buy tickets in the standing area.
“Why pay for a seat if you want to stand up and ruin it for everyone else sitting in their seats?” one asked.
“If you get sitting down tickets, then sit down, the people behind you also bought sitting down tickets, so they are expecting people in front to sit down. I had someone in front of me standing up, and I could not see a thing a few rows back from this,” another said.
Others pointed out that not everyone was capable of standing for long periods of time or at all, so if the people in front of them are standing, they have no option but to do so themselves.
“Do any of you think there might be people out there who need to sit and don’t want their view blocked by inconsiderate people who only think of themselves,” one commented.
One person said that if someone in the seated area wanted to dance, they should move into the aisle so as not to block the view.
However, there were plenty of people who completely disagreed, claiming the whole point of going to a live concert was to dance and sing along.
“If you pay tickets, you can do what you like in your allocated space, as long as you’re not physically harming someone, then play on,” one person said.
“God forbid someone’s enjoying what they paid to enjoy, normalise standing at concerts,” another wrote.
Multiple people said if you want to sit, you might as well listen to the music at home, with one going as far as claiming it was “insulting to the artists to sit down”.
Another said they “hate the shame” that comes with standing up, while another claimed concert culture has “gone downhill so bad”.
“The irony of standing up to abuse someone for standing is wild,” one added.
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Originally published as ‘Entitled’: Video of woman dancing at concert sparks fiery debate
